“Internet Commentary and the Nominations Process; Attacks on Elena Kagan from the right and left”: Tom Goldstein has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“What Are Liberal Law Students So Sad About? They have no one to look up to.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Appeals panel: Ohio anti-porn law constitutional.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals panel has ruled that an Ohio law aimed at protecting children from online pornography and predators is constitutional as interpreted by the state Supreme Court.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

“Senators Keep Up Sparring Over Nominee’s Questionnaire”: At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” David Ingram has a post that begins, “A day before Goodwin Liu goes before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing, senators traded barbs over whether the federal appellate nominee has provided them with enough information.”

“Breyer: Health overhaul could come before court.” Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“[I]n the past dozen years or so, has become the fashion — moving from the exceptional to the normal — of our Court for some judges, who were not on the pertinent panel, to file dissents regularly when en banc rehearing is denied.” So observed Circuit Judge J.L. Edmondson in an opinion concurring in an order denying rehearing en banc that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday.

“High Court Nomination For ’10th Justice’ Would Be Rare”: Today in The Daily Journal of California, Lawrence Hurley has an interesting article that begins, “If Elena Kagan replaces Justice John Paul Stevens on the U.S. Supreme Court, as many expect, she would join a select group of former solicitors general who have gone on to be justices. It’s surprisingly rare for a solicitor general to be appointed to the court. The last time it happened was in 1967, when Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to the court. Marshall remains one of only two sitting solicitors general to have been nominated.”

“Stints in Court May Yield Clues to a Style”: In today’s edition of The New York Times, Adam Liptak has an article that begins, “Two weeks ago, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, a leading contender for appointment to the Supreme Court, presented her sixth argument there. She bantered easily with the justices, and she seemed to have a special rapport with Justice Antonin Scalia, at one point responding to a question from him with one of her own.”

Today’s edition of The Boston Globe contains an article headlined “As potential pick for court, Kagan gets fire from left.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Kagan’s Bridge Building Boosts Her U.S. Supreme Court Candidacy.”

The Arizona Republic reports that “Napolitano would bring diversity to court, experts say.”

At the “Politics Blog” of The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has a post titled “Juicy record for judge rumored for high court.”

At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Carrie Levine has a post titled “Advocacy Groups Preparing for Supreme Court Nominee.”

In The Washington Post, columnist George F. Will has an op-ed entitled “For high court nominee, no (political) experience necessary.”

And at the “Opinionator” blog of The New York Times, Timothy Egan has a post titled “Supreme Club.”

“Extra long appeals hearing in Patriots ticket-holder suit”: Today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer contains an article that begins, “Lawyers for the New England Patriots and the National Football League were pressed by a panel of federal judges Wednesday to explain why a lawsuit seeking $184 million in compensation for illegal recording of the New York Jets’ signals shouldn’t go to trial.”

The Associated Press reports that “Pa. court ponders fan suit over Jets-Pats Spygate.”

And Shannon P. Duffy of The Legal Intelligencer reports that “3rd Circuit May Revive $184 Million Class Action Over NFL Team Taping Rival’s Signals.”

“No audio for broadcasters in Supreme Court case”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “For the first time in four years, the Supreme Court has gone an entire term without granting the quick release of audio recordings of high-profile arguments.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “No audio on student rights argument; No tapes released this Term.”

“Wilmer Hale Partner Nominated for Federal Circuit Vacancy”: Mike Scarcella has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

The blog “Patently-O” has a post titled “Edward DuMont Nominated to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.”

Yesterday, the White House issued a news release headlined “President Obama Nominates Edward C. DuMont for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.” You can access the nominee’s law firm bio at this link.